Shutter-worker



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J. K. MGGUKIN.

SHUTTER WORKER.

No. 419,'789. Patented Jan. 21, 1890..

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J. K. MGUKIN.

SHUTTER WORKBE.

Patented Jan; 21, 1890.

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UNITED i STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES K. MCGUKIN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SH UTTER-WORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patents No. 419,'789, dated January 21, 1890.

Application filed March 18, 1889. Serial No. 303,673 (No model.)

shutter-workers, and has for its object to improve the Construction illustrated in Letters Patent granted to myself January 17, 1888, No. 376,(539, and November G, 1888, No. 302214; and a further object of the invention is to provide a means Whereby the window-shutters may be opened or closed from the inside v of a room without raising the sash, and locked in any desired position.

'Another object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the shutter may be locked from the inside of the window independent of the shutter-worker, and to so construct the several parts that they Will be simple, readily manipulated, and capableof being manufactured at a minimum cost.

The invention consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the several parts, as Will be hereinafter more f ully set forth, and pointed out in the claims. i

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding paris in all the views.

Figure 1 is a partial horizontal section through a window-casing and one shutter hinged thereto, the device being shown in plan View and the shutter as open. Fig. 2 is a similar section, the auXiliary looking device being also in section, illustrating the shutter as closed, and the shutter-worker and auxiliary looking device in the locked position. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken partially on line 3 3 of Fig. l, illustrating` the looking cam-plate as out of contact with the draw-rod of the device. Fig. 4 is a substantially similar section illustrating the looking cam-plate as contacting with the draw-rod to hold the same in a fixed position. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 1, illustrating a means whereby the movement of the auXiliary locking device is limited; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modification of one section of the draw-rod.

In carrying out the invention the Window casing or iframe 10 is provided with the usual outer sill 11, frame-sill 12, and inside sill 13. To the outer face of the Window-frame, blinds 14: are hinged in the usual manner, the rearward or outward movement of the blinds being limited, if desirechby means of a suitable stop, which stop is not illustrated in the drawings.

In the f-amesill 12, near each vertical stile of the window casing or frame, a transverse aperture is bored, extending from a point above the outer sill 11 to a point immediately above the inner sill 13. In each of the said bores of the iframe-sill a draw-rod 14 is inserted, adapted to move freely backward or forward or to be turned therein, which drawrod preferably consists of a series of sections a, hinged together in such manner that one section, if desired, may be folded upon the other, and an outer small section b, which small or outer section is swiveled to the abutting hinged section a, as best illustrated in Fig. l.

The draw-rods may oe constructed of steel, brass, iron, or any other desired or suitable material, and are preferably madecylindrical. The inner section, which projects through the inner end of the boreover the inner sill 13, is provided With a knob or handle 15.

At or near the base or'lower end of each blind, and adjacent to the hinge-edge of the same, a bracket 16 is attached, having a slotted outer end, in the slot of which bracket a segmental rod 17 is pivoted. The segmental rod 17 is provided at its inner end With an essentially straight integral arm or member 18, which straight arm or member is pivoted in the outer end of the swivel-section b of the draw-rod.. The radius of the segmental rod '17 may be varied to accommodate shutters with different styles of hinge, and, if in practice it is found desirable, the segmental rods may be made in two sections hinged with a rule or equivalent joint to break in one direction only. By this means slight differences in the hanging of the shutters maybe overcome, For use in connection with newbu'ildings, h'owever, the radius of the segmental rods is substantially as shown. In 'pivoting the said segmental rods in the shutter-brackets 16 a slight play only is given the pivoted end.

Upon the inner sill 13, in front of each of the transverse bores through the frame-sill, a plate 19 is attached to the said inner sill, hav- V ing a vertical member 20, apertured to permit the passage of the inner end of the drawrod. Upon one end of the vertical member 20 of the plate 19 a locking-plate 21 is pivoted near one extremity, in such manner that its free end nay be Conveniently raised and lowered; and in the bottom edge of the locki ing-plate 21 a 'circular recess 22 is produced,

adapted for contact with the surface 'of the i dra`w`-rod,as best shown in Fig. 3.

In the free end of the locking-plate 21 an 'val s'haped or cam opening 23 is l'ong itudimany produced, and in the vertical member i of the plate a crank-handle 24 is pivoted, the horizontal member 'of 'which proj ects through ing-plate is 'elevated from the draw rod, and

the said rod may be manipulated to open or 'close the shutter, as desired.

i The movement of the jointed sections of the drawrod is 'controlled and the said sectioh strengthened by means of a guid e-block 26, Contacting With the outer side'of the said -draw rod, which guide-block is located, prefe-abiy, within the frame-groove 27 of the upi "persash, and is readily attached to the 'outer I sill by means `of a screw or equivalent fasten'- ing device, as best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

Upon the shutter containing the overlapa' ping rabbet 28, at the inner side and near the, said rabbeted edge, a socket 29 is rigidly secured, :which socket is provided with a closed` 'outer face and a base 30, for attachment to the Shutter; g a perpendi'cular slot 31 is produced, the outer walls of which slot are made to taper inw'ard, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and in the inner surface of the front face of the socket a transverse depression 32 'is preferably formed.

Upon the outer sill 11 of the sash-frame,

immediately in front of the socket 32 when the blind *carrying the said socket is closed, a

yoke'3'3 is firmly attached, as shown in Figs.

1 and 2, in which yoke a horizontal bar 34 is held to slide, provided with a latch-head 35 connected with the body of the bar by a neck 36, 'the said latch-head being of such shape that it will readily enter the slot or opening 31 in the face of the socket.

In the outer face of the socket The bar 34, which is preferably cylindrical, is limited in its 'in'war'd 'movement by means of a collar 37 formed upon its outer end, asbest illustrated in Fig. 2. The inner end of the rod 34, which, for convenience, I designate a latchrod, is provided with a threaded bore 38 and an aperture leading into the said bore threaded to receive a set or thumb screw 39.

A rod 40,which passes transversely through the frame-sill12, out over the inner sill 13, is threaded at its outer end to enter the bore of the latch-bar, as best shown in Fig. 2, and when the rod 40 is screwed into the latch-bar 34 it is held from turning in any direction within the said bar by means of the set-screw 39 hearing thereon. If, however, it is found desrable in practice, the bore of the l atch bar may be sniooth and the outer end of the rod 40 plain, in which event one surface of 'the 'rod is flattened and the'corresp'ondingor'cn tacting wall of the latch-bar bore is also flattene'd, the set-screw being' adapte'd to pass through the 'fiattened wall of. the bore to a hearing upon the fiattened surface of the rod. By fiattening, the rod 40 may be more effectnally guided to the proper position within the latch-bar, l f

Instead of employin g the yoke 33 asajornal for the latch-bar, the same 'may be journaled in a cavity form'ed in a block "of wood attached to the outer sill 11, in the upp'er surface of which block a staple is driven over the latch bar, whereby if the latch-ba'r is not exactly in proper alignment with the open ing in the socket 29 'the staple may be ta'pped to one side or another with a suitable instrument to guide the latch-bar in the proper di'- rection. I i g g The inner end of the rod 40, attached to the latch-bar, is' journaled in a yoke 41, Secured to the inner sill 1 3, adjacent to theinner edge of the frame-sill, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The innerface of 'the bow-section of the yoke, as best shown in Fig. 5, sprovided with a segmental recess 42, in' which recess a pin 43, attached to the rod 40, is held to slide.

When the pin 43 is brought in contact with the inner wall of the recess 42,the1atch-head is brought to a horizontal position, and when the said pin contacts with the opposite wall of the recess the latch-head assumes a vertical position. When the 1atch-head assumes I the vertical position, 'it iscapable of entering the 'opening 31 in the s cket, and'when in the socket the l'atch head is turned to the horizontal positionillus'trated in Fig. 2 it is prevented from being drawn from the -s'aid socket'; but in order to provide a more secure lock the rod 40 is drawn inward,whereby the latch-head sinks into the cavity '32 in the in ner-face wall of the socket. To facilitate the manipulation of the rod '40 of the latch-bar, the for'mer is provided at its inner end with a crank arm or handle 44,

If in practice it 's found desir'able, instead of making the draw rod in three jointed sec IOO IIO

&19,789 i 3 tions, as illustrated in Figs. l and 2, the said draw-rod may be ,made in two jointed sections only, the outer section being then formed as illustrated at in Fig. G, or the only break in the rod may be at the swivel. To secure the rod 4:0 and the latch-bar Si in a fixed position, a set or thumb screw 46 is screwed into. the top of the yoke 4:1, to a contact with the rod 4:0 to the rear of the pin 43.

In operation, when the parts are in the position illustrated in Fig. I-that is, when the Shutter is open fully and the draw-rod locked to sustan the shutter in such open position* to close the Shutter, the handle 24: of the locking device used in connection with the rod is thrown over to the left, whereby the camplate 21 is elevated, as shown in Fig. 3, and detached from the rod. The rod may now be drawn inward, whereupon the shutter is carried to the closed position, and when both draw-rods have been thus manipulated to close both shutters of the window-frame the third jointed section will just project over the inner 'si11, whereupon the two now inner jointed sections a of the` draw-rod may be disposed upon the inner sill 13 in any desired positionas, for instance, longitudinally of the same, as shown in Fig. 2; or the inner sections of the rod may be turned upward against any convenient vertical support. The swivel-connection of the outer section a of the draw-rod with the extreme outer seciion b pernits the hinged sections to be turned in any direction. The handles 24 may now be carried again over to the right, looking the draw-rods in this closed position, and when the cam-plate is forced down to a contact with the baseplate 19 and the surface of one of the rod-sections it serves to prevent any air passing through the apertures in the frane-sill into the room;

Prior to closing the shut-ters as above described the handle 44 of the auxiliary .locking device is carried to the right and the rod 40 pushed outward as far as possible, whereby the 1atchhead 35 is made to assume a perpendicular and vertical position, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Thus, as the shutters are closed, the said latch-head will enter the open ing 31 in the socket 29. The handle 414 is then turned to the left, which causcs the latch-head to assume a horizontal position within the socket, and the rod 40 is drawn slightly inward to cause the said latch-head to contact with the walls of the cavity 32.

The set-screw 46 is then forced down to its locked position, and the rod 40' and latch-bar 34 are effectually prevented from turning in either direction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent 1. In a shutter-worker, the combination, with a window-iframe and a Shutter hinged to the said frame, provided with a horizontal brackct upon one face, of a jointed rod held to slide over the outer and inner sill oi'` the frane, provided with an outer swiveled section, a guide attached to the frame contacting with the said rod, a segmental bar hinged to the swiveled section of the draw-rod and to the bracket of the shutter, and a cam-actuated locking-plate capable of rigid contact with the inner end of the draw-rod, all conibined for operation substantially as shown and described. i

2. In a shuttei worker, the combination, with a window-frane and a shutter hinged to the said france, provided with a horizontal bracket upon one face, of a jointed rod held to the slide over the outer and inner sill of the frame, provided with au outer swiveled section, a guide attached to the frame contacting with the said rod, a segmental bar hinged to the swiveled section of the draw-'rod and to the bracket of the shutter, a plate Secured to the inner sill, having a vertical member apertured to permit the passage of the draw-rod, a locking-plate hinged upon the said vertical member of the plate at one end, provided with a cam-opening in its free end, a crank-arn journaled in the said Vertical member of the plate, passing through the cam-opening of the locking-plate, and provided with a cam-faced stud or pin adapted for contact with the walls of the said camopening, all combined for operation substantially as shown and described 3. In a shutter-worker, the combination, with a draw-rod, of the pivoted locking-plate 21, provided with the recess 22 in its lower edge and with the oval opening 23 *in its free p end, and the crank-handle 24, projecting through the opening of the locking-plate and provided with the can-faced lug 25, substantially as herein shown and described.

JAMES K. MCGUKIN. witnesses:

HORACE W. HUNT, ALEXANDER D, DOUGLAS.

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